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Hope for Preventing Virginia Brain Injury in Newborns Lacking Oxygen

New developments in newborn brain injury treatment are bringing hope for eliminating some birth injuries related to a lack of oxygen, according to the Media-Newswire site.  Specifically, the successful administration of xenon gas to a newborn baby in an effort to prevent brain injury encouraged doctors and medical researchers that birth injuries to the brain may be prevented.  After the UK baby was found lacking in oxygen at birth, the xenon gas was combined with a cooling technique to reduce brain damage that could result in cerebral palsy or other lifelong conditions or disabilities.  Although the new treatment may be expensive, if continually proven successful, it could be priceless for a newborn.  According to the medical researcher who developed the procedure, the "brain protecting properties" and "lack of side effects" of xenon treatment (along with the cooling method) could not only be promising, but life-saving or life-altering in a child facing the potential danger of brain injury.

Although this treatment must go through more clinical trials and is currently only being tested in the UK, its success may prove life-saving for U.S. newborns in the future as well.  As a Virginia and Norfolk brain injury lawyer, Lawrence Land understands the precious and priceless quality of human life, and he devotes his practice to helping victims of Virginia brain injuries and unexpected accidents as they go through the process of recovery.  Experienced working with the medical experts in the field of traumatic brain injury and birth injuries, Lawrence Land will answer your questions for free regarding Virginia brain injuries, personal injury, or medical malpractice (such as certain birth injuries).  To contact Lawrence Land regarding your unique case, call him at any of the numbers below or fill out his confidential online form.

Norfolk:  (757) 625-1911
Nassawadox:  757-442-7272
Toll-free:  800-800-1911.

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